ZETTE Weather Unsettled Local Cotton 22 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 167 GASTONIA, N. Cl, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GASTONIA DAILY OA STATESVILLE BANKER COMMITS SUICIDE AS IESIILT OF SHORTAGE C. E. Pennington, Assistant Cashier, Takes His Life In Rash Moment. CASHIER GUY INVOLVED Shortage of $85,000 Is Found In the Accounts of the Latter. STATESVILLE, July 14. C E. Pen nington, assistant cashier of tho First National bank of Sfatesville, which was today found by a bank examiner to oo short in its accounts approximately Ho, 000, shot himself through the left temple . tonight at 9:45 o'clock at his home, dy ing 45 minutes later from the effects f the wound. Mr. Pennington left four notes, one addressed to the president of the, bank, E. A. Cooper, ont to John V. Guy, Sr., cashier, whose accounts are alleged to be short, one to bis wife aud one to his small daughter in all of which he ex pressed sorrow for Guy and in tho one to his wife declared that his record was elean and his books straight but intimat ed a- knowledge of the reuble in which his senior officer and tho institution now find themselves involved. Accounts Thought Straight , Mr. Pennington left tho porch, on which be had been sitting with his wife and daughter and a neighbor, about 'J o'clock, excusing himself and retiring to his room upstairs. Shortly thereafter the report of the revolver startled the other people in thee house, and an in vestigation disclosed that the official, who was alone at the time, had shot him self. He was found lying .across the bed with a bullett nolo through his temple. He died shortly after friends reached his side. ( , Mr. Pennington was about 40 years i t age aud a native of Virginia. Ho is said to have been a graduate of the Virginia Military institute, at Lexington He came to Statesvillo "from Kittrell, this state several years ago, to cept the position, in the Statesville bank which lie was holding at the time of his death. His wife is also said to be a Virginian. There is no suspicion in Statesville that there is anything wrong with the ' accounts of Mr. Pennington. The gene ral, belief seems to be that he Was conscience-stricken at not having divulged knowledge in his possession us to condi tions vthat hnd obtained at the bunk, which came to light with tho rejwrt of the examiner today entailing the short age Cashier Guy was still at liberty at a late hour tonight, and apparently no move has been made looking to his arrest. The assumption of responsibility for the shortage by the board of directors would lead, to, the conclusion that no Hey' p'maieAaHy'd actum is contemplated unless it .8 taken " fonfrnws al ,.,, wmVh lent by the government or the bonding comp any which had guaranteed the cashier in the performance of his duties. Directors Ascume Shortage Immediately upon announcement of the condition of the "bank the officers and directors assumed charge of the in stitution, and made provision to' protect patrons against any possible loss. Thoment oft he. strike on the 17 roads of the ttank will continue in operation witn j northwestern group. Mr. Henning went President R. A. CoOr acting as cashier. so far as to assert that he Ixdieved it - The revelation of lhe condition of the. was entirely possible to settle the strike lank came as a surprise both to the pub- On a national basis in 4S hours. Be lie and to the directors, it was said. fore entering the St. Paul negotiations Twice during the present year an exami- IMr. Henning conferred with Mr. Jewell, ner has been over the books of the in- ' who had asserted that it was upon n etitution, and in each instance reported j'n:itiiial basis only, and through direct everything all right. j negotiations wi the roads that the shop- The report of the comptroller oif the! "'"' strike would be ended, currency as to the condition of the bank I Chairman Hooper, of the LalH.r Board, at the close of business as of June aojwho announced formulation of new plans ahowcd total resources of SD34,2:W.5S. for ending the strike, Was dowdy watch- In the face of this report the two recent 1 reports, of the examiner, there had been no suspicion of anything wrong. The directors state that the stock of i i i ; ,.i7i.,.i.. , . ,i this bank is absolutely 100 cents on the ,in. .i-i.o .i..:;..,., ;n i. ..n I protected against any loss whatever, . Coming on top of other recent bank f.ilnrP. nt Thomasvillr. HM. Point n.l Raleigh, in each of which there had' been allegations of misappropriation, of funds I and other irregularities, the shortage reported in the Statesville bank has had a rlifli'tinv 1i orVHlC IlliaULHirIR Uiilon in the minds of the people. A big double header of the na tional pastime will be played at Ranlo ball park, Ranlo, on Saturday. Tho Ranlo club will play the Rex and Stan ley aggregations. First game railed nt 3: JO p. m. Regular admission fees willjtorium Tuesday, is making rapid prog be charged BIG FOUR CLERKS, EMPLOYES HANDLERS TAKE STRIKE VOTE CINCINNATI, P.. July 14,-wXew ! elements in-the railway strike situation developed late yesterday when unof fi-1 rial reports at international headquar- j ters Of the railway clerks station em- ployes and freight handlers indicated I that a strike vote was being taken by j apr"'mate,y 4,000 men of this service I on the Big Four Railroad System, and i the statement last night of T. . Car-j jroll, president of the general chairmen 'a association oi me maintenance or way I brotherhood, on leaving for Louisville, j inHI Bf I'!"" M,iiroin lll-ui II lll- 41,- .u J T i - y " - nrotherhotxl that e call a meeting of the general chairmen's association at vhich pLins could be perfected to caU . .irikof 400.(100 Blaintenane- nf wax- " !.;. An wrrtitt announcem-nt was that i Rail Strike Brought To A New Crisis When Maintenance Of Way Employes Fresh Outbreaks of Violence Occur In Texas, Okla homa and Missouri. MAILS MUST BE MOVED Informal Negotiations to Set tle Shopmen's Strike On 17 Roads. s CHICAGO, July 14. (By the Asso ciated Press) Strike threats by mainten ance of way employes, overshadowed the last ten days of the shopmen's strike, broke out again today, bringing the rails strike to a new crisis as it neared the end of the second week. Frsh outbreaks of violence, uotably in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri; President Harding's de termined steps to keep the mails mov ing, ana lniormai negotiations tor a settlement of the shopmen's strike on 17 roads in tho northwest were among the important developments of the last twenty fout hours. Pressure by many of his general chair men upon E. F. Grable, president of trie United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop La borers, pushed the common labor prob lem to the front again. iMr. Grable 's action in withholding strike orders after maintenance of way employes voted to join the walkout, did not please many of tho orgiuiikation 's general chairmen, who passed onto their chief the persistent demands of the rank and file for con certed uction. Mr. Grab lee arrived ia Chicago while threats to disregard his refusal t ojoin the walkout came from witin his organization. The general chair men, he asserted, ahd no autority to call a strike, and he indicated an intention to remain firm in his refusal to sanction a strike. The maintenance, of way men's chief declared that no especial significance was attached to his midnight conference last night with B. M. Jewell, the shopmen's strike lender. Mr. Grable stopped in Chicago on hi return from Kansas Cily nfter conferences with his chairmen there, he asserted that he had no furthei grievances at present to take before the Kail road Iabor Board, mediations by whose chairman, B. V. Hooper and W. L. McMenimen, one of the three labor members, prevented threatened July I walkout by maintenance men. Mr. Grable admitted he was with diffi culty holding his men in line. Many maintenance employes, who reluctantly remained at work when the shopmen walked off their jobs July 1, sineo have joined the strike. lhe new crisis caused by threats from the maintenance men arrived as peaco ... 1 At I ..I.!!.- I.... I the only hopeful air to tho situation. The iniatial St. Paul conferences lie- tween P. A. Henning, chairman of the ,. , . , . , I, , ,, v- ,i It-derated Shop Crafts of tho North- . ,. ; , ., . : , western district, and rai officials, broil; ght no definite results, but boht sides ad mitted that negotiations had advanced to a stage tha gave promise of a settle 1,1 r Ior I"-"1'- Meanwhile disturbances. in con connection with the strike continued. State troops guarded every approach j to the proiK-rties of the Missouri Pacific .. J ; , , . , , railroad at Popular Bluff. Mo., today. It was learned from a reliable source that the railroad hail brcight outside womnvn ana pmnneu to resume won m "'P B'"'P9- ' r"? un' J "J1 f v 8,aie '""'J ' ' Mo. were und.-r Jw,,w ortk'r lo entra,n fcr 8erv,tC early - Mr. Grady Gilbert, who underwent an operation at the Gaston Sanatorium Wednesday, is reported today as getting along, nicely. Mr. C. C. Harmon, who under went an operation at the Gaston Hana- ress toward recovery. of the Bi IT Four Tailrnnil nfAj;iI. An. bccB rC8t0red to the clerks on that , . ... . " llU1' m x,ial c,annS tua' 'tk leaves and vacations oad, in keeping with the announced Mr. Carroll planned to meet with policy or tne 4tw lork Central lines Louisville & Nashville officials today in an effort to reach an agreement on the wages and working conditions of men in that group. n rial nt k il. ' ., it as rety ,irobable th're win" b a ! mtribn ru ... .1 L. . j :.riB vn oiner roaas i ,enteniig Cincinnati; "unless manaee- mentg are t do .f our ,,;. tu" , T j I ! , 0 IkV trfk7 J? Ja j cmment n the tnke vote reported "n lc nesapeate & Ohio railroad -I but declared that th N'nrfollc V..i. 1 era eh-rks I'strik. was log p,r cent. ! Threaten Strike HAGGARD MEETING HAD BEST SERVICE LAST NIGHT Services to Be Held at Loray Mill Gate Today Cottage Prayer Meetings Have Been Very Successful. (Reportef for The Gazette.) The Services at the big tent were the best last night that they have been at all. There was no exciement at all, and tho personal work done was as fine as could bo. Many of the church mem bers of this section of our city went out and did all they rould to win the lost to J ho side of right. . Many made profession of religion. We do not know how many, but a great number of them. Tho crowd was fine for the threatening weather. Reports from tho cottage prayer meetings wero fine. Many of them were held yesterday aftrnoon. Many more are going to be held today, ltev. Mr, Barnes and his wifo are doing some nit bio work along this lino. Many more are assisting them. This is one of the most telling things that is being done. Several professions have been made in these prayer meet ings. Services are going to be nom at the Loray mill gate today nt 12:40 and 5:40. This will give time for fif teen minute! service and then allow the hands five minutes to get to their work. We are expecting great things from these services. All of the workers in' tho meeting urc going to be in these services. We aro going to have somo solos, duets ahd quartets sungx Tho singing was an especial feature of the meeting last night. Tho choir did its best, but the most enjoyable featuro of the introductory was a duet sung by Mr. (Sumner nnd Miss Ituh Haggard. It was that song written by Tinloy,: "What Are They Doing in Heaven To night f" They rendered it exceedingly well, and all seemed to enjoy it. Many preachers out of town are attending this meeting. We are glad to see them. This shows that they aro inerested. The evangelist is vry plain, and if a preacher does not stand pat on all of tho an is of today, ho is not likely to add much to this meeting. It is not any trouble to tell where the evangelist stands. He is a man of marked con victions. True, he is rather plain about his oppressions, but that is what it takes to do things these days BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL REACHED DENVER THURS Party of Four Young . Men Are Making Fast Trip 'Across - Continent To, i Los Angeles By Tuesday.' Mr. M'ilcs RuidsM. manager for tv-h- ... ,, .,,, .., ... ... . .. lotz, tlie , r lorist, li:is received the follow. . , . , . , . , ...I , lug telegram sent Ihurs'kiy night from t, ., ... , J ' " Denver, Col, "Spent Tuesday in Denver, Wednes day in Colorado Springs. Boll WWvil smeared her stuff on Pike's Peak. Have crossed the Great Divide., Now in seno rita country. Four Horsemen going good. Will set the desert on fire to morrow for Los Angeles. Will be there by Tuesday. All feeling fine. Foul Horsemen. Great interest is being manifested lo rally over the trip being made by four Gastonia young men, Kenneth Park-r, Walter Anderson, Kverett Jordan nnd Pink Rankin, who left here July first in a Ford ear for San Francisco. "BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL" REACHES LAS VEGAS, N. M. Dr. J. A. Anderson received a mes sage this afternoon from his son, Walter Anderson, who is a member of the "Boll Weevil Special," whieh left here Satur day, July 1st, for a trni across- the rou- jtincut, stating that the party reached Las Vegas, New Mexico, .today, having crossed the Great Divide yesterday. The party, consisting of four traveling in a specially equipped Ford, expects to reach Los Angeles Sunday or Monday. MANY TO HEAR JERSEY EXPERTS LECTURE TONIGHT Judging from interest expressed by many people interested in dairying, bold from the county and from Gastonia, will gather at the Tianil r of Commerce Au ditorium tonight at H o'clock to hear the address by Leonard Dunk, extension field man for the American Jersey Club. His lecture will e illuscrtated by forty slides and also by two reels of moving pictures, to be jhown by Manager Kst ridge of the ?astonian Th'iatre. The address will le of eeneeial inter est to all owning dairy cattle, whether Jerseys or not, and will be worth hear ing. Prof. Ruffner and J. A. Averj will also tc present and speak. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Julv 14. Cotton fu- itnres closed easy; spots quiet, 20 points down. . " - 31 : "January 22.0.1 ; " March 21-91; Mw lfi. R 'J -- TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET Dai-.I. . . I o, -. . .t dzi t$ jcei iil!lr 1 ' COTTON CONSUMPTION FOR JUNE WAS 507,869 BALES WASHINGTON, July 14. Cotton consumed during June amounted to 507,869 bales of lint, and 53,385 of linters, compared with 495,674 of lint and 32,344 of linters in Hay and 461,917 of list and 49,296 of (inters in June last year, the census lureau announced today. NEXT TUESDAY ELECTION DAY IN NEBRASKA Will Elect U. S. Senator, Gov ernor, and ongressional Del egation Uncertainty As to How Women Will Vote. OMAHA, Neb., July 14. (By the Associated Press) Republicans, Demo crats and Progresives will go to the polls in Nebraska on July 18 to select candi dates for their resjiective parties for L. S. Senator, tiovernor, practically erj office that is elective in the state at largo and a full congressional delegation. P10- liVbitiomsts iiave candidates for two oflices. Multiplicity of candidates, uncertainty as to how tho women will vote, nnd the entrance into tne iselir.-iska (Mimical n- rena of the third party, tho Progressives, have left politicians guessing. Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock is seek ing nomination on the Democratic ticket to succeed himself and he is opposed by Anthony T. Monuhan of Omaha and .1. O. Shroyer of Humboldt. Senator Hitch eocw has announced his policy of being against the tariff and other measures 8Kiiisored by the national administration at Washington, Mr. Shroyer was drnfted by dry Democrats, according to F. A. High, of Lincoln, president of tho state anti-saloon league, whose nnnounceineent has given the race a touch o ft he prohibi tion issue, although Senator Hitchcock has stated that he considers tho prohibi tion, as well as the sufTrugu question, settled issues. Six prominent Nebraskans will contest for the Republican Senatorial nomina tion. They are: Alliert K. llclTeries, .it Omaha, present congressman from the second district; R. B. Howell, of Omaha, member of the Rt-puhlicaii National Com mittee from Nebraska aud elected to this position two years ugo in a state wide primary; C. .11. Gustafson, of Lin "join, head of the United Stales Grain ( i rowers, Inc.; Attorney General 'lar euce A. Davis, of Omaha; John (). Voi der, of Omaha aud Frank John, of Grand Island. The'r'i'ugrcHHivos will chose between rA 11.1011 U. Biglow of Omaha and Arthtu G. Wrny of York. Charles W. Bryan, of Lincoln, brother of Williams Jennings Bryah, is -being opposed for the Democratic, nomination for Governor by J. N. Norton, of I'o'k, Dan B. Butler of Omnha and WSll M. Milupin.iof tiering. On the Republican side the raec is between Albert 11. Bvrniii of Bloominjrton, Adam McMulleu of Bea trice; tiarles G, Randall of Randolph and George W. Sterlin, of Omaha. The different attitudes that prevail in the progressive camp complicate some, what the race for Governor oil their tic ket. Some progressives stand fir funion with the older parties, while others are opposed to such action. As a result the party, which was organized recently al inmd Island, has for one of its candi dates, J. N. Norton, of Polk, who is also running 011 tho Democratic ticket. W. .!. Taylor, of Merna is the other Pro gressive i-antdidate for Governor and has announced that he is opposed to having anything to do with either of the majot parties. A similiar situation exists in four of the six congressional ilistriit where democratic candidates nre also running on the progressive ticket. Cndcr the Ncbra.-ika law, however, a candidate in the primary, running on two tickets, if defeated iii a major parly contest, can not run in the following general election as a nominee on the minor ticket, iniles the vote lie polls in the minor contest is greater than that which he receives in the major party race. The names of three women -will appear on the various ballots. Two are seeking : .1 -i-i 1 , ui; 1 ' no.i 1 11 mi 1 11.1 1 11 m . 1 oty ..111 Mrs. K. Luel!a Barton, of Limoln ni the , first district, running on the prohibition j ticket, and Mrs. Irene C. Buell, of Ash- I land, in the fourth district, on the iM-mo-cratic Icillot. Mrs. Kmma ilaiil-ni Pal, of Harvard, seeks the progressive nomi nation for Lieutenant Governor. The only candidate, other than Mrs. Barton, of the prohibition party is John M. Johnson of University place who is running for Lieutenant Governor. LUTHERAN SUMMER SCHOOL AT MOUNT PLEASANT Summer School For Church Warkers Bo Kins July 19 and Lasts One Week Rev. G. H. C. Park, of Gastonia, Chairman of Faculty. The Xorth Carolina Lutheran Summer School for Church Workers will bo hold this year at Mont Amocna Seminary at Mount pleast-nt July 19 to 2fi. The object of this school is to give in struction and training in all lines of church activitify. The mornings will be devoted to classes in Sunday School tea cher training, mission study, steward ship and methods of work, together with assembly hours for music and special ! were ordered held in readiness after Post lectures. The afternoons will be free! master General Work had accepted by for rest, recreation and general fellow- teleirranh an offer of aid in maintain ship. There will be a program for theiinz mail service made by the aeronautl- entire school each evening. Hie facu ty inclu.les Kev. (,. II. O. i "Grand, fine! More evidence, if any Park, of Gastonia; Rev. D. Kurt Smith, J were needed, that one big union we hear I. D.. of Philadelphia; Rev A. Voigbt.JnlK.ut is the United States and its. em LL. D., of Columbia. S. C; and many I blcms is the stars and stripes," was other well known ministers and church i the Postmaster General reply accept workers of the Lutheni denomination Information regarding reservation ot r.. d . .. 1 . i .. , .. . I.. .... " r.- r n r:.t." t. t.i... 'wet, N. C. STATIONARY FIREMEN, ENGINEERS AND OILERS, NUMBERING 8,000 ARE CALLED TO GO ON STRIKE JULY 17 Harding And Cabinet Devote Another Day To Rail Strike WASHINGTON, July 14. Presi dent Harding and his advisers again today devoted a Cabinet session to tho rail and coal strikes. Several of tho abinet o.. rials ar rived at the White House for tho ses sion bearing reports on the two indss trial " disturbances. Postmaster Gener al Work had several reports on tho mail situation as affected by the rail strike, Attorney General Daugherty said he had about a hundred tele grams, tho nature of which ho would not disclose, Secretaries Hoover 'and Davis hnd ready for presentation tho latest information on tho Govern ment 's proposals for arbitration of tho coal strike, and Secretary Weeks was prepared to discuss possiblo action to maintain interstate commereo and trans portation of tho limits in accordaneo with the president's recent warning proclamation. . -i Secretary Weeks said he had received no advices from C. E. HchafT, receiv er for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, who was udvised lute yester day by the Government to make another request of Governor Neff, of Texas, for protection by State troops on the ELECTROCUTION STAYED BY SUPREME COURT APPEAL COLUMBIA, 8. C, July 14. Tho electrocution of Kdmund D. Bigham, Florence 111a h convicted of tho murder of his brother and charged also with the murder of his mother, sisters, and his sister's two adopted children, sched uled for today, was automatically stay ed by un npiieul to tho Supreme Court. The time for perfecting the appeal has not yet expired, but tho appeal will be based on alleged after-discovered evidence, Bigham 's attorney has an nounced. Solicitor Gusquo, of Marion, who prosecuted Bigham, announces that ho will appear before the Supreme Court in a sitting here on September 1 nnd move for dismissal of the appeal 011 the ground that it lucks merit. STANDARD HARDWWARE CLUB CHALLENGES NEW CLUB The Standard Hnrdwaro baseball team comes forth with a challenge to tli proposed Gastonia ' club, announce ment of which wn. made in Thursday's issue of The Daily Gazette. ' Tho chal lengers stated to a Gazette, reporter this morning that they would play the new aggregation . at Loray Park next W.ed nodayi afternoon or, if that did not suit, they could make arrangements to play the preceding Tuesday. Tho "hard warers" have played the fast Kings Mountain team in two tight games and have recently signed Kvcn new men. A gamu with the two clubs would be of much interest to local followers of tho natioual pastime. FIVE HUNDRED 10 BE AT INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE ASIIKVJLLK, N. C, July .11. Fully .)00 delegates from every Section of tho South are -expected to reach the Southern Y. M. C A. assembly at Blue Ridge to day and to attend the Southern lndur- t rink Conference on Human Relations in Industry. Both employes n'nd employers are in eluded in the student body of the con ference, the object of which is develop inentn of a deeper spirit of to -operation and good will in industry. Executive from nearly every branch of industry will participate, rcpi-nting textile, lum ber, coal furniture, paper pulp, iron, steel copper and tobacco manufactories., Chas. R. Townson, of New York, secretary of the industrial deparement of the Interna tional Y. M. C. A., will deliver the first lecture. .. ... . . .j (ire Vrtvilli C Prink Cu"u n-u. of urttlivillt, H. y ., r r.llllt t llsnill.Ul, -l .ingt.'.n. '.tc (,rvi ,.. ,,,,. " 1..1 itcting chief of industrial dleiuan, La Orange,-Ga. ; Reuben B. Robertson, Asheville; K. .J. Rtbertson, Newport News, Dr. George R.' Stnart, of Birmingham, nnd others 'are on the program. Tho conference will close Sunday. CHICAGO, July It. A deputy sheriff today aliot and seriously wounded one ot a crowd of men attempting to prevent workers from entering the burnside shops of the Illinois Central, police reserves answered a riot call but the leaders left bv automobile before they arrived. t is rerU-d that the homes rather than the 4iop of the strikers arc being picketed. ANOTHER BUCKET SHOP SINKS NEW YORK, July 14. Failure of the stock brokerage firm of Nast & Co., of Chicago, was announced from the floor of the New York stock exchange today. Samuel Nast is the board member of the firm. AIRCRAFT HEAD IN READINESS FOR MAILS XEW YORK. July 14. One thousand commercial air ftft, iu aviation centers throughout the- United States, today ' ... 1 cal JhamlK-r of Commerce of 'America. ing the offer. Mr. Star Haiina underwent anop- rnHnn tml.'iv it tht ( .3 tftnn Kanfitr.- ' Hum for the removal of hi tousi'e. carrier's property, now in the hands of a receiver appointed by a Federal court. Tho exK-ctatio nat the War Department, however, was that somo re port would be received during the day. J. P. Noonan, president of tho In ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, tfio members of which organi sation represent one of tho six crafts of railway workers on strike, declared upon his arrival in Washington today from Chicago that callinsr out of Federal troops to copo with tho rail- road strike situation would hurt rath er than aid the government in its efforts to deal with he situation. Many union workers throughout tho country, ho said, would leave their posts with the rail systems, if forced to work un der military protection. Mr. Noonan chargcil, that somo o the railroads were annuling mail trains purposely in an effort to force the gov ernment's hand, and were refusing to meet with tho striking workers in nil effort to force tho men into conference with government o.. rials. This is be ing done, he said, to keep up the ap-IM-araiicc that tho striking shopmen aro in revolt against the government and not the railroads. CLOUDBURST FLOODS RICHMOND STREETS RICHMOND, Vn., July 14. Several persons wer injured and property loss estimated ut 1000,000 resulted from heavy rainstorm which early lust night sent Shockoe Creek hr fiftve feet out ot its bounds and inundated East Main street. A report curly today that one person was drowned could not be verified. The downpour came so suddenly that several. ' persons wore marooned. They were rescued by the police and. firemen. Two policemen who went to a re scut were thmselves nearly drowned. In one building a womnn nnd. child were marooned in a second story rom. Foremen and policemen broke through a window and rescued them in a boat. Two young women, in. an automobil.', stalled in the middle of the street, re mained there until it looked as if tho water would carry them, machine ami all, away. Rescuers went to liheif aid and they were taken to safety while tho automobile flyited away. Meat, fish eggs, and poultry in abun-. dance, composing the entire stock of tli city's fish market, were entirely swept away, frowell' department store was wreck-, ed, causing damage estimated by the owner at $;l.,000. Show cases from more than a dar.cn stores floated down the waters as calmly as gondolas. From Main Street haberdasheries boxes of shirts and collars floated on the crest. One man made, a frantic at tempt to -stave the flow of goods from his store, and received serious injury when a large floating pole 'struck him on the head. The city is nt work on more than a rnollion and a half dollars worth of sewers, gas and water works. The ex cavations for the pipes, were Hooded, causing serious damage. Mr. and Mrs. Ayeock have as their guests for several days Mrs. Ay cock's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Myatt, of Raleigh. Miss Ola Rhyne, of the Gaston San atorium, returned Thursday from a stay at All Heating Springs, near Tavlors ciJIe. ., Miss Mary Brison, 0110 of the nurses at the itaston Sanatorium, is spending her vacation with hoinefolks at Clover. SC. I T -There will be an ice-cream supper , ., , "1, tin inu 111 nn 01 1 lie necoim j. i. .1 . 1 - " church Saturday evening beginning at 7;,l,,n "'ght-. On the night of Juno. 17 o'clock.. Homeniado ice cream will be 11 observed that when the planet' w.rve(j- j longitude 20.3 came into Martian sunrise, " , , . un'' therefore visible to us, that a vast Master John Alexander, of Iiiruini aroa. .tbore had .luring the preceding "i'""K". is i"iioiuk a iew iiajn ' his father, Mr. I. N. Alexander, ut his iiome on '.west -fourth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. G. Worth Jordan have returned from their weildinir trio ami are making their home for the present I with Mrs, Jordan's mother, Mrs. J. N. Young, in Fosscmer t lty. nortnern nemispnere or .Mars so tar tnia -Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rankin and i-Vi:,r- that date the Martian season family returned Thursday from a trip ,.'orr,",I,"'',,d to our Septemlier IS. Larly to Chimney Rotk and other points i,,"""'"" ot autumn made their ap the mountains. ar:,neo a month and a half ago at THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; probably showers on the coast tonight; cooler on the south coast tonight. GASTONIA'S NEW TEAM TO TAKE CRACK A T SHELBY SATURDA Y The newly organized Gastonia ball club will meet the fast Shelby ag-i organization. It Is hoped to hav a gregation Saturday at Loray ball park! record breaking crowd at the park Sat st 4 p. m. The promoters of the local furday afternoon. It is felt sure that team hope to have everything completed j this will be a good gum and worthi and ready for publication the latter ; seeing. Arrangements will t rmo ; part of next week Quite a few of the business men and baseball fans have indicated that they would give a hearty support to a team, which is very encouraging to the pro moters. A meeting will be held the i first of ner week, i'i th of!'- ef (Vir. Steam Plants, Round House and Terminals to Be Af- i fected By Order. HEALY ISSUES THE ORDER In the Fight and Intend to Win, Says Healy, Inter national President. CHICAGO, July 14. A strike call to the 8,000 stationary ' firemen, en gineers and oilers employed on railroads throughout the United States has been issued. Timothy Healv. international j president of the organization, announced today. The striko is effective next Monday, July 17, at 8 a. m. Tho call was made in compliance with tho recent rcferen dum which favored a . walkout, Mr Healy said. - The text of tha message to all locals of the organization follows: "In compliance with your strike vote which is HH.Q per cent favoring a walk out, sanction is hereby granted to each and every member of our brotherhood on all railroads, steam plants, round houses and terminals throughout tha United States to suspend work at S a. m. Monday, July 17, 1922. (Signed) "TIMOTHY HEALY, . "International President. " Stationary firemen and oilers on aev eral roads had already joined In a sym pathetic walkout with the railway ahop crafts. ' ' "We are into tho fight and'.wo intend to win," Mr. lleuly said. MARS NEARER EARTH THAN AT ANY TIME IN 18 YEARS Nightly Observations Hare Been Made for Past Five Months Bear Out Theories of Professor Lowell. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 11. Mem. bers of the staff of Ixiwell Observatory here arts elated over recent studies of tha planet Mars which, they assert, bear out tho theorit-s of tho late Percival Lowell, founder of the observatory ,a to show fall and vegetation 0 n the little red planet. Mars, nearest neighbor , of .Hiis world 'with the exception of Venus,, is closer to the earth now than at any time in IS years. Observations, hava been in .progress for tho past five .months each hpur of every night that .catties conditions 'would permit. .-Hundreds '-of photographs a rd charts have been ,niaile. Tho seasons on Murs have lli samS significance as on our earth and ocdut. in the same manner, but arc about'twka the length of our own, according to K. C. and V. M. Sliphen of the observatory staff. A statement by them on the re sults of the latest observations here fol lows;, ; ' " , , , "Winter 1ms been occurring in ths : southern hemisphere of the planet Mars ami the extensive durk areas there ara new faint and have been so for sonie5 time, betokening tho dead season of veg-: elation in conformity with tho view held by Lowell regarding tho seasonal changea on the planet. "lhe largo winter cap of white about the south polo of Mars, which for somo months Inn appeared to consist of only mist or cloud covering the south pole r gions of the planet down to latitude forty degrees, is now dissipating and dis closing a mantle of snow beneath. Tha spring sea for the southern hemis phere is now approaching, the season there at present correspondine to out March 21, a ml 'these changes are charae teristie of late winter oyer the south o 'Mars. j "In the northern hemisphere autumn 1 ,u ., .. 1 41... ....) . ..... t.- ii.iftn cunt llic 'Uiai l a 1 llll'lis uuw !"'ady become conspicuous, having in. ci-famil ra-t.i.llv ilurinn- lu f Max. night hecn covered ly a bright canopy i,riKht hood faded off toward th tha etpiator but was discernable down nearly to fifty degrees north latitude and veileix the darker markings of the northern lart of the planet. This event marked the first really big autumn storm in the t -i ii 1 1 1.111 si-iiMjii ci'rreniftiiing in tnir JH I o August. These observations have been recorded on photographs. ' "These conditions nnd changes occur ring in unison with the planet ' seasons indicate that conditions are more anala gous to those of tho earth than to any of the other planets."'.' base-lpenter & Carpenter, to coniplrfe th4 soon as possible with the best atii.-i'-ur teams in this section. Thi poiei-ii r are certain that if Shelby, Kinj M ; .-!-tain, Monroe, Clover, Ln...r i I I ; -coluton can support a t . 1 cau. Hi come tot. f - s pood ft art